DISCOGRAPHY: Tom Cora (part 1)
Patrice L. Roussel
Again, we would really appreciate any comments, corrections and extra infor-
mation which could improve the quality of this discography. Specifically, if
people could send us information and/or corrections on:
* missing records and tapes,
* incorrect references (on dates, musicians, etc),
* additional references (for vinyl, CD, or different pressings);
for example, we are still looking for information on the following records:
* DAS PFERD (???? - ITM, ITM 971416 (CD))
* KNITTING FACTORY GOES TO VASSAR: v.a. (???? - KF Works, KFWCD-120 (CD))
* PRESAGE DE LAPIN DE LA MAISON: Buga Up (???? - ???, ??? (CT))
* AGAINST NO WALL: Rebby Sharp (???? - Artifacts, ??? (CT))
* PERFECT TROUBLE: ??? (???? - Moers Music, MoMu 2070CD (CD))
Patrice Roussel (prou...@ichips.intel.com).
Stephane Vuilleumier (svui...@micro.biol.ethz.ch)
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| DISCOGRAPHY OF TOM CORA |
| VERSION 1.0 - June 1994 |
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| by Patrice Roussel |
| (prou...@ichips.intel.com) |
| 725 NW Flanders #306 |
| Portland, OR 97209 (USA) |
| and Stephane Vuilleumier |
| (svui...@micro.biol.ethz.ch) |
| Nordstr. 190 |
| CH-8037 Zurich (Switzerland) |
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With special thanks to:
Malcolm Humes mal...@wrs.com
Dave Wayne wa...@unssun.scs.unr.edu
Mark LAM...@cup.edu
Michael Rosenstein mich...@world.std.com
David Mandl dma...@panix.com
Philip Riley pri...@midway.uchicago.edu
Jonathan Levine jona...@vinnie.cuc.ab.ca
for sending me extra material and giving prompt answers to my questions.
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Records and tapes have been listed by chronological order for edition (and
not recording). The following records and tapes are listed:
* records and tapes by Tom Cora and/or his bands,
* records and tapes featuring Tom Cora,
* records containing composition(s) by Tom Cora,
* records containing arrangment(s) by Tom Cora;
the following ones are not listed (we think this deserves a special section):
* records (co)produced by Tom Cora,
* records having Tom Cora as a technical or musical consultant,
* records with liner notes by Tom Cora;
you won't find anything on extra material like (maybe in the near future ?):
* books,
* magazines,
* interviews,
* concerts,
* videos.
Some abbreviations:
Album Full album release, in one or more of the formats below:
LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM)
CD Compact (digital) disc
CT Cassette tape
DAT DAT, digital audio tape
DCC Digital compact cassette tape
MD MiniDisc, CD-like optical disc
Single Single release, usually from an album, in one or more of
the formats below:
7" 7" 45 RPM vinyl
10" 10" 45 RPM vinyl
12" 12" 45 RPM vinyl
EP Extended play single or mini-album, usually 33 1/3 RPM
CD-3 CD-3, 3" (7 cm) CD single
CD-5 5" (12 cm) CD single
CS Cassette single
Flexi Flexi-disc, usually included with a magazine
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| DISCOGRAPHY |
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001 - ENVIRONMENT FOR SEXTET: Andrea Centazzo
1/ First Environment For Sextet (Centazzo)
2/ Solo Improvisations (part one)
3/ Second Environment For Sextet (Centazzo)
4/ Solo Improvisations (part two)
Recorded at WKCR radio station, New York City on November 7, 1978
John Zorn: reeds; Andrea Centazzo: percussion; Eugene Chadbourne: guitars;
Tom Cora: cello; Toshinori Kondo: trumpet; Polly Bradfield: violin.
1979 - Ictus, Ictus 0017 (LP)
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002 - USA CONCERTS: Andrea Centazzo
1/ Sextet Improvisation
Recorded live at WKCR radio station, New York City on November 7, 1978
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet; Eugene Chadbourne: acoustic and electric guitars;
John Zorn: reeds; Polly Bradfield: violin; Tom Cora: cello; Andrea Centazzo:
percussion.
1979 - Ictus, Ictus 0018 (LP)
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003 - 2000 STATUES AND THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: Eugene Chadbourne
Recorded 1979
Lesli Dalaba: trumpet; Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, alto-horn; Mark Kramer:
trombone, organ; Charles Verstraeten: trombone, bass trombone, euphonium;
John Zorn: clarinet, alto, soprano; Bob Ostertag: synthesizer; Steve
Beresford: toys; Eugene Chadbourne: guitar, dobro; Fred Frith: guitar; Davey
Williams: guitar, banjo, mandoline; Polly Bradfield: violin; Jim Katzin:
violin; LaDonna Smith: violin, viola, organ; Tom Cora: cello; Wayne Horvitz:
bass, piano, harmonium; Andrea Centazzo: drums, percussion; Evan Gallagher:
percussion, piano, marimba, vibes, tympani.
1979 - Parachute Records, P007 (LP)
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004 - NEW MOON: Karl Berger Woodstock Workshop Orchestra
1/ New Moon (Berger) 8:05
2/ Zeinebim (Berger) 6:23
3/ Collective Talks (Berger) 8:15
4/ Smile (Berger) 17:35
5/ Open Time (Berger) 8:25
Recorded live at CIAK, Milano, Italy 11/7/79
Peter Apfelbaum: drums, bass sax; Eva Berger: vocals; Ingrid Berger: vocals,
percussion; Karl Berger: vibes, piano, percussion; Savia Berger: flute; Tom
Cora: cello; Don Davis: alto, flute, clarinet; Janet Grice: bassoon; Trilok
Gurtu: percussion, drums; James Harvey: trombone; Leroy Jenkins: violin;
Lee Konitz: alto; Oliver Lake: saxes, flute; Mark Ralston: oboe; Terry
Shines: bass; Susan Veglia: French horn.
1980 - Palcoscenico, PAL 15007 (LP)
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005 - THERE'LL BE NO TEARS TONIGHT: Eugene Chadbourne
1/ Honey Don't (Carl Perkins) 2:44
3/ The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me (Roger Miller) 5:42
12/ Swingin' Doors (Merle Haggard) 7:12
Recorded March 1980, at Dick Charles Studios, New York City
Eugene Chadbourne: guitars, dobro, vocals; John Zorn: alto, soprano, bari-
tone, clarinet, bird calls; Tom Cora: cello; David Licht: percussion, drums.
1981 - Parachute Records, P013 (LP)
???? - Fundamental, 6 (LP)
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006 - CURLEW: Curlew
1/ Panther Burn (Cartwright) 6:30
2/ The Bear (Curlew) 1:45
3/ Bitter Thumbs (Cartwright) 6:00
4/ The Victim (Cartwright) 2:33
5/ The Hardwood (Cartwright) 5:13
6/ Sports (Laswell, Cora) 1:30
7/ Bruno (Curlew) 1:00
8/ But Get It (Curlew) 2:33
9/ Rudders (Cora) 3:11
10/ Binoculars (Curlew) 1:00
11/ The Ole Miss Exercise Song (Cartwright) 8:00
Recorded at The Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY 2-29 through 3-2,
1980
(5,9) recorded live at C.B.G.B., 2-6-80
Bill Laswell: bass; Nicky Skopelitis: guitar; George Cartwright: reeds;
Bill Bacon: drums; Tom Cora: cello.
1981 - Landslide Records (USA), LD 1004 (LP)
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007 - SKELETON CREW: Skeleton Crew
Live cassette release with Fred Frith, Dave Newhouse and Tom Cora.
1982 - no label (CT)
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008 - ARCHERY: John Zorn
1/ no title (Zorn) 20:48
2/ no title (Zorn) 20:21
3/ no title (Zorn) 24:00
4/ no title (Zorn) 23:42
Recorded at the OAO Studio in Brooklyn, New York on September 12 and 13,
1981
Robert Dick: flutes, game calls; George Lewis: trombone; John Zorn: alto,
soprano, clarinets, game calls; Anthony G. Coleman: organ, electric piano;
Wayne B. Horvitz: Farfisa organ, harmonica, tape, electronics; Mark Kramer:
cheap organ, tapes, synthesizer; Eugene Chadbourne: guitars; Bill Horvitz:
guitar; Bill Laswell: bass; Polly Bradfield: violin; Tom Cora: cello; David
Moss: drums, voice, percussion; Mark Smith: prompter.
1982 - Parachute Records, P017/18 (2xLP)
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009 - CARGO CULT REVIVAL: Tom Cora and David Moss
1/ Role of the Bait
2/ The Goat Explains the Can (4 Parts)
3/ Finger Hut
4/ Monkey Lens
5/ Unipods Are Pacifists
6/ Boundary Janitor
7/ The Ward Walks The plank (3 Parts)
8/ Business is not a Business
9/ Empoyer Accident
10/ Dog-In-Law
Recorded by Martin Bisi at OAO Studios, Brooklyn, NY in March 1982
Tom Cora: cello, cello-resonated objects; David Moss: percussion, voice.
1983 - Rift, Rift 5 (LP)
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010 - FLUVIAL: Catherine Jauniaux, Tom Hodgkinson
1/ Dream (Hodgkinson, Jauniaux) 1:42
2/ Une Escadrille De Sorcieres (Suc, arr. Jauniaux) 5:13
3/ Sweet Smell (Hodgkinson, Jauniaux) 1:54
4/ Doresc Trei Babys (Hodgkinson, Jauniaux) 3:24
5/ Copul's Humus (Jauniaux, Hodgkinson) 3:24
6/ Kebadaya (Jauniaux) 5:10
7/ Origine Des Femmes (CJ, TH, traditional) 4:26
8/ Tilimbom (Stravinsky, arr. CJ) 4:55
9/ Chanson De La Fraternisation (P. Dessau, B. Brecht) 3:14
10/ Divine Image (Hodgkinson, Blake) 5:54
11/ Infant Sorrow (Hodgkinson, Blake) 2:47
12/ The Dansers [sic] Under the Hill (Jauniaux) 3:07
Recorded August-September 1983 at Cold Storage Studio
Produced by Tim Hodgkinson and Catherine Jauniaux
Catherine Jauniaux: vocals, little saxophone, percussion; Tim Hodgkinson
(1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12): guitar, drums, piano, viola, clarinet, percus-
sion, organ; Lindsey Cooper (1,8,11): bassoon, oboe, sopranino; Bill Gilonis
(1,5,7,9,10): guitar, bass, piano; Tom Cora (2): cellos; Mario Boyer (2,6,
8): conga drum, balafon, percussion; Terri Robson (4): violin; Georgie Born
(4,8,9): cello; Charles S. Bullen (6,8): percussion; Stephen Kent (10):
trumpet; Dominic Weeks (11): percussion, vibraphone, xylophone.
1983 - Woof Records, Woof 007 (LP)
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011 - LIVE, WURZBURG: Skeleton Crew
Recorded 10/82
1984 - Recommended Records, ??? (CT)
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012 - LEARN TO TALK: Skeleton Crew
1/ Que Viva (Frith, Cora)
2/ Onwards and Upwards (Frith, Cora)
3/ The Way Things Fall (Cora/Frith/Rebby Sharpe)
4/ Not My Shoes (Frith, Cora)
5/ The Washington Post (Scousa)
6/ We're Still Free (Frith, Cora)
7/ Victoryville (Frith, Cora)
8/ Los Colitos (trad. Ecuador/Cora/Frith)
9/ Life at the Top (Frith, Cora)
10/ Learn to Talk (Frith, Cora)
11/ Factory Song (Frith, Cora)
12/ It's Fine (Frith, Cora)
13/ Zach's Flag (Cora)
All songs written by Skeleton Crew except where noted
Recorded Christmas New Year 1983/84 at Sunrise Studio, Switzerland
(7) recorded live in Victoriaville, Quebec
Produced by Robert Vogel and Skeleton Crew
Tom Cora: cello, bass guitar, casio, drums, contraptions, singing; Fred
Frith: guitar, six-string bass, violin, casio, home-made bass, piano, drums,
singing; other voices on (8) by Ribl, Lu and Katrin.
1984 - Rift, Rift 8 (LP)
1984 - Recommended Records, RecRec 05 (LP)
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013 - FERDINAND EN AVANT, HUIT CHANSONS EN HUIT LANGUES: Ferdinand Richard
1/ Contribution to Anglo American Culture (Ferdinand Richard)
2/ Histoire des Meilleurs (Ferdinand Richard)
3/ Victoire (Ferdinand Richard)
4/ Boire en Silence (Ferdinand Richard)
5/ Monsieur Blanc (Ferdinand Richard)
6/ Hombre de Lodo (Ferdinand Richard)
7/ Saint Malo (Ferdinand Richard)
8/ Alltdgliche Dinge (Urs Engeler)
No recording information
Ferdinand Richard: Fender 6-string bass, 4-string Music Master Special,
vocal; Tom Cora: cello; Christiane Cohade: bass; Rick Brown: drums; Urs
Engeler: vocal.
1984 - Recommended Records, RecRec03 (LP)
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014 - OSSIFICATION: Officer
1/ Dynamite (Hobbs)
2/ Anagrams (Hobbs, Low Note)
3/ Air (Hobbs)
4/ Telepathy (Hobbs, Fiederowicz, Gilonis)
5/ Spitter's Hooked (On Love) (Hobbs)
6/ Dog Face (Hobbs)
7/ Some (Hobbs)
8/ Boxers V Wrestlers (Hobbs, Fiederowicz)
9/ Tunnels (Fiederowicz)
10/ Apply! (Fiederowicz, Hobbs)
11/ Office Occasion (Hobbs)
12/ Origin (Hobbs)
13/ Hello (Hobbs)
14/ Top, Top, Top (Hobbs)
Recorded at Cold Storage, Brixton, London, 1983-4
Andy Bole (5): guitar; Anne Stokes; Bill Gilonis (4,5,7,13): keyboards,
bass, clarinet, tones, piano; Catherine Jauniaux (4,7,11,12): voice;
Christina Wild; Felix Fiederowicz: vocals, bassoon, recorders, percussion,
piano; Georgie Born (13,14): cello; Graham; Judy Carter (5,6,11,13): vocals;
Jussi Karel (12): viola; Kevin; Kevin; Marie-Jeanne (14): claps; Mary; Mick
Hobbs: keyboards, drums, piano, guitar, bass, percussion; Patrick Gundry (9,
11): violin, French horn; Rick Wilson (9): drums; Terry Robson (4): violin;
Tim Hodgkinson (7,9): alto, baritone, Hawaiian guitar, clarinet; Tom Cora
(12): cello; Zeena Parkins (5,12): harp.
1984 - AYAA (France), DT 1284 (LP)
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015 - Re RECORDS QUARTERLY VOLUME 1 No.2: various artists
This record features Duck & Cover (Tom Cora, Chris Cutler, Fred Frith,
Heiner Goebbels, Alfred Harth, Dagmar Krause, George Lewis), John Oswald,
Connie Bauer, Reportaz, Adrian Mitchell.
1/ Berlin Programme 27:44
Recorded in East Berlin as part of the Festival Of Political Song on
February 16, 1984
Tom Cora: cello, cassettes, electrics; Chris Cutler: drums, electrics; Fred
Frith: guitar, bass, cassette; Heiner Goebbels: piano, synthesizer, guitar,
cassettes; Alfred Harth: tenor, trumpet, bass clarinet; Dagmar Krause: sin-
ging; George Lewis: trombone, mouthpieces.
1985 - The Re Records Quarterly, Re 0102 (LP+Magazine)
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016 - DENSE BAND: David Moss
1/ Stride (Moss, Frith) 3:25
2/ Shuffle (Moss, Frith) 3:03
3/ Slow Climb (Moss, Frith) 3:17
4/ New Feet (Moss, Frith) 3:54
5/ Fallaway (Moss, Frith) 2:15
6/ Surface Tension (Moss, Frith, Cora) 3:15
7/ Sixth Sense (Moss, Frith) 3:05
8/ Say So (Moss, Frith) 2:20
9/ Three Metal Moves (Moss, Frith) 3:35
10/ Next Witness (Moss, Frith) 1:26
11/ Dance Bend (Moss, Frith) 2:35
12/ Unsafe At Any Speed (Moss, Frith) 3:15
13/ In The Dark Times, Will There Be Singing(Moss, Frith) 3:16
Recorded in February and March 1985 at B.C. Studio, Brooklyn, New York
David Moss: drums, percussion, metal, steel drum, singing, high harmony
voices, invisible drums; Fred Frith (3,4,6,8,9,11,12): bass, guitar, voice;
Tom Cora (2,3,6): cello; Wayne Horvitz (1,3,5,7): DX7; Arto Linday (2,4,5,8,
9,11): singing, guitar; Christian Marclay (2,3,9,10): turntables, manipula-
ted records; Jules Moss (1,2,12): drums; Tenko (3,7): singing; John Zorn
(2,4,5,7,9,11): alto, game calls.
1985 - Moers Music, Moers Music 02040 (LP)
1992 - Moers Music, Moers Music 02076 CD (CD)
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017 - NORTH AMERICA: Curlew
1/ Ray (Cartwright, Cora) 5:25
2/ Oklahoma (Cartwright, Cora) 3:47
3/ Knee Songs 2 (Cartwright) 2:10
4/ Person To Person (Frith) 2:10
5/ Time And A Half (Frith) 2:41
6/ Mink's Dream (Cartwright) 3:01
7/ Two-Day 'Till Tomorrow (Cora) 1:22
8/ Light Sentence (Cora) 2:25
9/ First Bite (Cora) 2:25
10/ Moonlake (Cartwright) 5:14
11/ Shoats (Cartwright) 2:18
12/ 4:50
12a/ Agitar (GC, RB, MH)
12b/ The Victim (Cartwright)
13/ Feelin' Good (J.B. Lenoir) 2:50
Recorded at B.C. Studio, Brooklyn, summer 1983 to summer 1984
Produced by Fred Frith
George Cartwright: alto, tenor, lead vocal on (13), animal calls on (9,11);
Tom Cora: cello, cello resonated objects, accordions on (7); Fred Frith:
bass, guitar solo on (1), violin on (12b), vocals on (3,13), live guitar
and sax manipulations on (5,12); Rick Brown (1,3,7,12): drums; J. Pippin
Barnett (2,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,13): drums; Mark Howell: guitar; Polly Bradfield
(6,10): violin; Butch Morris (3): cornet; Martin Bisi (4): fake bass drum.
1985 - Moers Music, Moers Music 02042 (LP)
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018 - THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS: Skeleton Crew
1/ The Country of Blinds (Skeleton Crew)
2/ Money Crack (Skeleton Crew)
3/ The Border (Skeleton Crew)
4/ The Hand That Bites (Skeleton Crew)
5/ Dead Sheep (Skeleton Crew)
6/ Bingo (Skeleton Crew)
7/ Man or Monkey (Skeleton Crew)
8/ Foot in Hole (Skeleton Crew)
9/ Hot Field (Skeleton Crew)
10/ The Birds of Japan (Skeleton Crew)
11/ You May Find a Bed (Skeleton Crew)
Recorded December 1985/January 1986 at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg,
Switzerland
(2,9,11) recorded live in Reykjavik, Iceland, on November 4, 1985
Produced by Tim Hodgkinson
Tom Cora: cello, bass, accordion, drums, contraptions, singing; Fred Frith:
guitar, 6-string bass, violin, home-mades, drums, singing; Zeena Parkins:
organ, electric harp, accordion, drums, singing.
1986 - No Man's Land, nml 8609 (LP)
1986 - Rift, Rift 11 (LP)
1986 - Recommended Records, RecRec 12 (LP)
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019 - DAS PFERD
Recorded 1986
Wolfgang Schmidtke: bass clarinet, saxes, keyboards, vocoder, flute, voice;
Markus Wienstroer: guitars; Jan Kazda: bass, keyboards, voice; Diethard
Stein: drums. Guests - Klaus Bernatzki: sax; Tom Cora: cello; Suppi Huhn:
keyboards, sequenzers; Sabine Sabine: voice; Alfonso "Poncho" Valdez: per-
cussion; Reiner Winter: schladen, trumpet.
???? - ITM, ITM 971416 (CD)
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020 - GUMPTION IN LIMBO: Tom Cora solo
1/ Straylight
2/ Burning Hoop
3/ Deciding To Live In Houses
4/ Cruelty And Memory
5/ Big Cell
6/ Cows Stars Rivers And Giants
7/ Waiting For The Cannon To Laugh
8/ The Story Of Anybird
9/ Trivial Disasters
10/ Who To Salute?
11/ Hibou Perdu (Lost Owl)
12/ There Will Be A Happy Meeting
Recorded September 24 and 25, 1990
Tom Cora: cello.
???? - Sound Aspects, Sound Aspects SA042 (CD)
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021 - CURRENT TRENDS IN RACISM IN MODERN AMERICA: Butch Morris
Current Trends in Racism in Modern America (Morris)
Part One 24:35
Part One (cont.) 12:20
Part Two 10:30
Recorded live on February 1st, 1985 at the Kitchen, New York City
Frank Lowe: tenor; John Zorn: alto, game calls; Brandon Ross: guitar; Zeena
Parkins: harp; Tom Cora: cello; Christian Marclay: turntables; Eli Fountain:
vibraphone; Curtis Clark: piano; Thurman Barker: marimba, snare drum, tabou-
rine; Yasunao Tone: voice; Butch Morris: conduction.
1986 - Sound Aspects, Sound Aspects 4010 (LP)
???? - Sound Aspects, SAS CD 4010 (CD)
Note: the CD was digitally remastered in August 90 at Studios Bauer by J.
Wohlleben
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022 - MELTABLE SNAPTS IT, POINTS BLANK: Michael Lytle, George Cartwright,
David Moss
1/ Chigger Reel (GC, ML, DM, BL) 0:55
2/ Crake (GC,ML,DM,TC,BL,GL) 5:15
3/ Mike Me (GC, ML, DM, BL) 1:09
4/ Points Blank (GC, ML, DM, PK, BL) 14:33
5/ Hard Cash (GC, ML, DM, CM) 3:02
6/ Kissing In The Snow (GC, ML, DM, CM) 4:27
7/ Rugby (Zorn) 13:25
Recorded at BC Studio, Brooklyn, 1985
George Cartwright: saxophones, flutes, various bird and animal calls;
Michael Lytle: clarinets, game calls, humzoo, electronics and voice; David
Moss: multiple percussion and voice; Tom Cora (2,7): cello, cello resonated
objects; Peter Kowald (4): acoustic bass and harmonica; Bill Laswell (1,2,
3,4): electric bass; George Lewis (2,7): trombone, toys; Christian Marclay
(5,6): turntables; John Zorn (7): conductor; Martin Bisi: live 16 to 2 track
mix down.
1986 - No Man's Land, nml 8604 (LP)
1993 - No Man's Land, nml 8604cd (CD)
Note: the CD includes 30 minutes of extra material.
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023 - THE IMPROVISORS: various artists
This tape from Tellus (The Audio Cassette Magazine) contains improvisions
featuring Chris Cochrane, Anthony Coleman, Carol Emanuel, Tom Cora, Bill
Frisell, Bobby Previte, Lindsey Cooper, Fred Frith, Irene Schweitzer,
Christian Marclay, Bill Horvitz, David Weinstein, Denman Maroney, Samm
Bennett, Jim Staley, Ikue Mori, John Zorn.
2/ no title 5:45
Recorded during the Stephanie and Irving Stone Festival of Improvisors at
the Roulette, N.Y.C. on November 8, 9 and 10 1985
Carol Emanuel: harp; Tom Cora: electric cello; Bill Frisell: electric gui-
tar; Bobby Previte: drums.
1986 - Tellus, Tellus #15 (CT)
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024 - PASSED NORMAL VOL. 1: various artists
This record features Jeff Michel, Snakefinger, Shmaz, That Hope, Kixx, Spill
Drink, Pink Bob, Skeleton Crew, Voodoo Mark, Tricycle Thieves, Shockabilly,
Jack Wright/Chris Cochrane/Paul Hoskin, The Sediments.
10/ Ronbo (Frith/Cora)
11/ Killing Time (Frith/Cora/Maher)
12/ New Orleans Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton)
13/ Bored Again (Frith/Cora/Moral Majority)
14/ Man or Monkey (Frith/Cora/Cutler)
15/ Batium (Trad.Turkish arr.Cora/Frith)
Tom Cora: cello, bass guitar, drums, contraptions, voice; Fred Frith: gui-
tar, violin, 6 string bass, drums, homemades, voice.
1986 - FOT Records #1 (LP)
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025 - LSDC&W - THE HISTORY OF THE CHADBOURNES IN AMERICA: Eugene Chadbourne
1/ The Beatles Meddley 22:10
1a/ Day Tripper (Lennon, McCartney)
1b/ I've Just Seen A Face (Lennon, McCartney)
1c/ Birthday (Lennon, McCartney)
1d/ Don't Pass Me By (Ringo Starr)
1e/ Octopus Garden (Ringo Starr)
1f/ Taxman (Harrison)
1g/ Startin' Over (Lennon)
2/ In A Sentimental Mood (Pt.1) (The Duke) 0:50
3/ In A Sentimental Mood (Pt.2) (The Duke) 7:00
4/ Winchester, VA 3:00
5/ Tennesee Flattop Box (Johnny Cash) 3:01
6/ Dr. Chadbourne's Ordeal In Nashville 3:02
7/ Burma Shave (Roger Miller) 3:03
8/ Dixie Fried (Carl Perkins) 4:04
9/ Wine Me Up (Faron Young) 1:56
10/ Roger Miller Medley 8:00
a/ This Town
b/ Kansas City Star
c/ My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died
11/ House Burning Down (Jimi Hendrix) 3:05
12/ Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) 3:01
13/ Funny How Time Slips Away (Willie Nelson) 4:49
14/ Ghosts (Albert Ayler) 2:01
15/ 7+7= (Arthur Lee) 2:50
16/ Burl Ives Medley 2:00
17/ Wild Horses (Jagger-Richards) 4:04
18/ W Va Spec (Zorn Tribute) 5:06
19/ Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (B.B. King) 2:26
20/ No Reason To Quit (Merle Haggard) 3:02
Doug Baker (17): acoustic guitar; Eugene Chadbourne: guitars, vocals (all);
Jenny Chadbourne (17): percussion & toy machine guns; Tom Cora (1,5,6,7,8,9
10,18): cello, cello-resonated objects; David Doyle: classical guitar (17)
Gilfred Lee Frey (17): acoustic piano; Doug Henderson (17): slide guitar;
Rudy Hinnant (17): lousy guitar; Toshinori Kondo (1e,2,18): trumpet, eupho-
nium, garbage; Kramer (1,2,6,7,11,12,13,14,18): cheap organ & tapes, PacMan;
David Licht (1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,18): percussion; Loretta Lynn
(19): uninvited vocals; Scott Manring (1,18): lap steel; M.E. Miller (2):
drums; Brad Newell (17): mandolin; David Nikias (17,19): percussion & toy
machine guns, speciman (sic) jars & feedback; Murray Reams (19): percussion
& cover charge; Tom Shephard (4,15): homemade electric bass; Jeff Weichinger
(17): electric bass; John Zorn (1,18): alto, soprano, clarinet, game calls;
1987 - Fundamental, Save 19/20 (2xLP)
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026 - SLOPE - Gradual Disappearance: Tenko
This record features Tenko in different combinations with Fred Frith, Arto
Lindsay, Christian Marclay, David Moss, Kamura, Ned Rothenberg, Tom Cora,
Wayne Horvitz, Zeena Parkins, David Licht, Kramer, Moko.
1/ Passing By The Night 4:18
2/ Somewhere, Far Away 3:37
3/ Guitars I 1:34
4/ I've Eaten Nuts With Different Shapes 2:12
5/ In The Strawberry Preserves 3:38
6/ Sleep Walker 3:15
7/ ANTAGATA-DOKO-SA 1:43
8/ In Horto Infinito (In The Infinite Garden) 2:36
9/ The Time Drawers 2:50
10/ Gradual Disappearance 2:27
11/ Nightrope Dancing 2:30
12/ Guitars II 2:49
13/ Opinion 3:03
14/ A Watchdog Of The Labyrinth 3:20
Recorded at Noise New York
Tenko: vocal, guitar; Ned Rothenberg (1,14): flute, alto; Zeena Parkins (1,
4,5): electric harp, accordion, vocal; Fred Frith (1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
13): guitar, bass, piano, bass drum, vocal; David Licht (1): snare drum;
Wayne Horvitz (2,8,11): piano, DX7, DX100; Arto Lindsay (3,7,10,12): guitar,
vocal; David Moss (4,7,10,11,13): vocal; Kamura (4,7,10,13): vocal; Moko (4,
7): vocal; Tom Cora (4,9,10,11): vocal, cello; Christian Marclay (4,6):
turntables; C. Batty (8): hand claps; Kramer (9): Indian banjo.
1987 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 16 (LP)
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027 - ISLAND OF SANITY: New Music From New York City
This record features music by David Linton, Mofungo, Christian Marclay, Fish
And Roses, Details At Eleven, Skeleton Crew, Mark Dery, Charles K. Noyes,
Martin Bisi, Locus Solus, The President, The Ordinaires, David Fulton, David
Garland, Bump, Chris Vine, Carbon, Bosho, The Scene Is Now, H/M/D, Toy
Killers, Robert Previte.
Cora plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
6/ The Sparrow Song (Frith) 1:26
Fred Frith: voice, guitar, bass, drum; Tom Cora: cello, bass, drum, block-
head; Zeena Parkins: keyboard, voice, tomtom.
1987 - No Man's Land, nml 8707d (2xLP)
1991 - No Man's Land, nml 8707cd (CD)
Note: titles by Martin Bisi, The President, The Ordinaires and Toy Killers
are not available on the CD.
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028 - LIVE AT THE WESTERN FRONT: Tom Cora
1/ Sfumato Roose
2/ Life at the Western Front
3/ Drilling for Air
4/ Gumption in Limbo (The Four-Limbed Approach)
5/ Hallelujah Anyway
6/ Life Extension
Recorded live in concert at The Western Front in Vancouver, British Colum-
bia, Canada, May 24th, 1986
Tom Cora: cello, voice (on (5)).
1987 - No Man's Land, nml 8710 (LP)
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029 - NIMAL: Nimal Group
1/ La Semaine des Quatre Jeudis (Parts 1-4) (Jean-M. Rossel) 10:04
2/ Dimanche (Jean-M. Rossel) 2:46
3/ Animal Triste (Jean-M. Rossel) 4:21
4/ La Marelle (Jean-M. Rossel) 4:26
5/ Au Zoo (Jean-M. Rossel) 3:55
6/ Un Drame (Jean-M. Rossel) 2:06
7/ Le Tram (Jean-M. Rossel) 1:44
8/ Maligne (Jean-M. Rossel) 3:07
Recorded 1987 at Studio des Usines
Produced by Rossel, Cora & Diebold
Jean-M. Rossel: guitars, bass, accordion, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, piano, DX-
100, percussion, sound effects; Tom Cora: cello (6,8), bass(7), voice (2);
Pippin Barnett (1): drums, percussion; Dominique Diebold (4): drums; Victor
de Bros (4): piano, prophet; Gilles V. Rieder (5): percussion; Didier
Pietton (2): soprano.
1987 - Recommended (SW), RecRec 19 (LP)
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030 - SOMETHING OUT THERE: Zeena Parkins
1/ Firebrat (Meneses, Parkins) 2:58
2/ Night Light (Mori, Parkins) 2:57
3/ Without Words (Mori, Parkins, Cora) 2:19
4/ Little Hip Haw (Parkins) 2:36
5/ Mother Tongue (Marclay, Parkins) 2:08
6/ Cornered (Meneses, Parkins) 3:32
7/ Southern Exposure (Bennett, Parkins, Cora) 3:51
8/ Incident In A Department Store (Marclay, Parkins) 3:00
9/ Flavor Of Green Tea Over Rice (Parkins) 3:54
10/ Left-Handed Walk (Mori, Parkins, Cora) 2:24
11/ The World As I Found It (Meneses, Parkins) 3:03
12/ Fly Loo (Mori, Parkins) 2:09
13/ Sidereal Messenger (Cora, Parkins) 3:11
14/ Appointment In Samarkind (Horvitz, Parkins) 3:03
Recorded and mixed at Noise New York by Tom Cora, February 1986-January
1987
(3,10) recorded live at Roulette
Produced by Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins: electric and acoustic harps; Jim Meneses (1,6,11): drums;
Ikue Mori (2,3,10,12): drum machine, drums; Tom Cora (3,10,13): live sampl-
ing, drums, indigniti; Christian Marclay (5,8): turntables; Samm Bennett
(7): electric and acoustic percussions; Wayne Horvitz (14): DX100, DX7,
RX11.
1987 - No Man's Land, nml 8712 (LP)
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031 - POTATOES, A COLLECTION OF FOLK SONGS VOLUME 1: various artists
This record features Renaldo & The Loaf, Rythm and Noise, Half Japanese, The
Residents, Tom Cora and Hans Reichel, Terra Incognita, Rev. Howard Finster,
Mark Mothersbaugh, Snakefinger, The Tinklers, Negativland, Blitzoids,
Bongwater, Clubfoot Orchestra, The Step One Just Plain Folk Singers, The
Mashed Potatoe and Artist Unknown.
6/ Premonitions (Cora, Reichel) 3:42
Tom Cora: cello; Hans Reichel: guitar, dachsophone.
1987 - Elemental Ralph, ER87172 (CD)
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032 - LIVE IN BERLIN: Curlew
1/ Moonlake (Cartwright) 9:19
2/ Ray (For Barry Hannah) (Cartwright, Cora) 10:42
3/ Shoats (Cartwright, Cora) 6:39
4/ Barking (I Want A Dog) (Cartwright, Cora) 4:00
5/ Mink's Dream (For Mink Snopes) (Cartwright) 5:38
6/ Agitar/The Victim/Improvisation/Oklahoma (Curlew) 16:40
Recorded live at Quasimodo Club, Berlin, October 1986 except Barking which
was recorded at CBGB's, New York City, March 1987
George Cartwright: saxophones; Tom Cora: cello; Pippin Barnett: drums; Davey
Williams: guitar; Wayne Horvitz: keyboard bass and keyboards.
1988 - Cuneiform Records, Rune 12 (LP)
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033 - A CLASSIC GUIDE TO NO MAN'S LAND: various artists
This record features Skeleton Crew, David Garland, Guy Klucevsek, Bittova/
Fajt, Half Japanese, Lindsay Cooper, Etron Fou Leloublan, Proof Of Utah,
Orthotonics, Uludag, Biota, Meltable Snaps It, Doctor Nerve, Zoviet France,
Non Credo, Geoff Leigh.
Tom Cora plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
4/ Safety In Numbers (Cora, Frith) 3:16
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, 12/85 and 1/86
Produced by Tim Hodgkinson
Tom Cora: bass, drums, vocals; Fred Frith: guitar, snare, vocals; Zeena
Parkins: keyboards, vocals.
1988 - No Man's Land, nml 8813cd (CD)
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034 - LIVE IN EUROPE: David Moss Dense Band
1/ Two To Three To Tango (Moss, Frith) 4:07
2/ Re-Shuffle (Moss, Frith) 4:09
3/ Day To Climb (Moss, Frith) 4:20
4/ Full Step (Moss, Frith) 4:18
5/ Glider (Moss, Frith) 3:18
6/ Neural Sense (Moss, Frith) 4:30
7/ Song Of The Possible (Moss, Frith) 4:43
8/ Slant Lines (Moss, Chaine) 5:38
9/ Slow Talking (Moss) 5:17
10/ Miniscus (Cora, Moss, Frith) 4:40
11/ Swayaway (Moss, Frith) 4:28
Recorded at "Musique Action 87" in Vandoeuvre, France, 23rd May 1987
David Moss: drums and vocals; Wayne Horvitz: DX 7, DX 100 and harmonica;
Christian Marclay: turntables and records; Jon Rose: 19-string cello and
violin; Jean Chaine: electric bass.
1988 - Ear-Rational, ELP 1004 (LP)
1988 - Ear-Rational, ECD 1004 (CD)
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035 - NUIT DES SOLOS: solo performances during the festival of Vandoeuvre-les-
Nancy
This record features solo improvisations by David Moss, Elliott Sharp, Jill
Jaffee, Anthony Coleman, Jean-Francois Pauvros, Jagger Naut, Christian
Marclay, Carol Emanuel, Tom Cora, Guigou Chenevier, Louis Sclavis, John
Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Jon Rose.
10/ no title 4:11
Recorded live at Vandoeuvre (France) on May 22nd, 1987
Tom Cora: cello.
1988 - Van d'Oeuvre, 8802 (LP)
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036 - ABANDON: Tom Cora, Kazutoki Umezu
First Act
1/ Part 1
2/ Part 2
3/ Part 3
Second Act
4/ Part 4
5/ Part 5
6/ Part 6
7/ Part 7
8/ Part 8
Recorded on 10/13/87 live at Roulette, New York
Tom Cora: cello; Umezu Kazutoki: alto.
1988 - Umisushi Records (Japan), UU-1001 (CD)
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037 - 100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES: Nicolas Collins
Nicolas Collins in duos with Pippin Barnett, Anthony Coleman, Tom Cora,
Peter Cusak, Shelley Hirsch, George Lewis, Christian Marclay, Ben Neill,
Zeena Parkins, Robert Poss, Ned Rothenberg, Elliott Sharp, Davey Williams,
John Zorn, Peter Zummo.
36/ no title 1:20
38/ no title 1:16
40/ no title 2:42
Nicolas Collins: trombone propelled electronics, radio, tapes; Tom Cora:
cello.
1989 - Trace Elements, TE-1018 (CD)
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038 - RODAN: Sato Michihiro
This record features Sato Michihiro in different combinations with Bill
Frisell, Fred Frith, Tenko, Mark Miller, Nicolas Collins, Christian Marclay,
Steve Coleman, Toh Ban Djan (Ikue Mori, Luli Shioi), Semantics (Elliott
Sharp, Samm Bennett, Ned Rothenberg), Tom Cora, Joey Baron, Mark Dresser,
Gerry Hemingway.
10/ no title 1:48
Recorded April 11-16, 1988 at Baby Monster Studio N.Y.C.
1989 - Hat Hut, hat Art CD 6015 (CD)
Note: recording directed and produced by John Zorn.
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039 - ANGEL CARVER - "LIVE" IN MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO: Hans Reichel, Tom Cora
1/ Rest Up, Premonitions (Reichel, Cora) 19:39
2/ Miracles, To Boot (Reichel, Cora) 18:38
3/ New Neighbors (Reichel, Cora) 13:01
4/ Invitations To Dance (Reichel, Cora) 8:59
(1-2) recorded at Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee on October 23, 1988
(3-4) recorded at Southend Musicworks, Chicago on October 21, 1988
Tom Cora: cello, cellodax; Hans Reichel: guitars, daxophone.
1989 - FMP (Germany), CD 15 (CD)
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040 - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY, VOLUME ONE: various artists
This record features Curlew, Bosho, Jazz Passengers, Dresser/Feldman/Cline,
Scanners, Miracle Room, Hans und Tom, Alva Rogers.
Tom Cora plays on three tracks, two with Curlew:
1/ St. Croix (Cartwright) 4:51
?/ The Hard Wood (?) ?:??
Pippin Barnett: drums; George Cartwright: sax; Tom Cora: cello; Ann Rupel:
bass; Davey Williams: guitar.
and one with with Hans und Tom:
7/ Angel-Carver Blues (Cora, Reichel) 7:16
Tom Cora: cello; Hans Reichel: guitar
Recorded December 1988 and February 1989
1989 - A&M Records, SP 5242 (LP)
1989 - A&M Records, CD 5242 (CD)
???? - Knitting Factory Works, KFWCD-97 (CD)
Note: "The Hard Wood" is not available on the LP.
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041 - UBU ET LA MERDRE: various artists
This record features Un Bouk Unikorn, Soixante Etages, Jean-Francois
Pauvros, Family Fodder, Ptose, Brode Tango, Pierre Bastien and Mecanium, Tom
Cora and Hans Reichel, Guigou Chenevier, Costes, Officer!.
8/ The Pig-Pinching Machine (Cora, Reichel) 4:13
Recorded at Noise NY by Tom Cora
Hans Reichel: dachsophone; Tom Cora: dachsello.
1989 - In Poly Sons Records, IPS 0389 (LP)
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042 - AGAINST NO WALL: Rebby Sharp
With Fred Frith, Tom Cora and David Licht.
???? - Artifacts, ??? (CT)
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043 - LEARN TO TALK/COUNTRY OF BLINDS: Skeleton Crew
Fred Frith; Tom Cora; Zeena Parkins.
1990 - Recommended Records, ReCDec 5-12 (CD)
See LEARN TO TALK (1984) and THE COUNTRY OF BLIND (1986) for further refe-
rences.
Note: compilation re-issue CD minus 1 song from each LP
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044 - RETURN TO STREET LEVEL: Takashi Kazamaki and Kalle Laar
1/ Meanwhile
2/ I Was Living
3/ In My Rehearsal
4/ Room
5/ With
6/ Dead Pheasant
7/ In The Backyard
8/ And Angry
9/ Neighbours
10/ At My Doorstep
11/ Who
12/ Became Friendly
13/ Greek Businessmen
14/ Trying
15/ To Keep
16/ Their Children
17/ Asleep
18/ So I Turned
19/ Down
20/ My Amp
21/ Again
22/ In The Middle
23/ Of The Night
24/ In The House
25/ Where
26/ People
27/ Were Not
28/ Supposed
29/ To Live
30/ Anyway
Recorded June 1990
Produced by Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp: guitar, bass clarinet, vocals; Paul Hoskin: contrabass clari-
net; Nick Didkovsky: guitar; Kalle Laar: guitar, electronics; Tom Cora: cel-
lo; Kazamaki: percussion; Christian Marclay: turntables.
1990 - Ear-Rational, ECD 1022 (CD)
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045 - STEP ACROSS THE BORDER: Fred Frith
This record (soundtrack of a movie by Nicolas Humber and Werner Penzel) fea-
tures Frith in different combinations with Iva Bittova, Hans Bruniusson, Tom
Cora, Tina Curran, Jean Derome, Pavel Fajt, Eino Haapala, Haco, Eitetsu
Hayashi, Tim Hodgkinson, Lars Hollmer, Bill Laswell, Rene Lussier, Fred
Maher, Kevin Norton, Bob Ostertag, Zeena Parkins, John Zorn.
1/ Sparrow Song 1:28
7/ Regardless Of Rain (Frith, Cora) 3:05
10/ The Border (Frith, Hemenway) 3:29
(1,10) recorded at Sunrise, Kirchberg December 1985
(7) recorded live at The Kitchen, NYC February 1989
Fred Frith: guitar, drums, vocals; Tom Cora: cello, drums, vocals; Zeena
Parkins (1,10): keyboards, drums, vocals.
1990 - Recommended Records, reCDec 30 (CD)
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046 - SCENE OUVERTE/OPEN STAGE - FESTIVAL MIMI 89: various artists
This tape features Nick Didkowski, Carlos Gomez, Inger Kielhoan, Andreas
Koch, Kevin Cook, Dominique Lentin, Martin Speicher, Heinz-Erich Goedecke,
Bruno Meillier, Tom Cora, Catherine Jauniaux, Fred Frith, Andre Duchesne,
Tenko, Katie O'Looney, Rebbie Sharp.
6/ no title 5:24
Recorded during the MIMI Festival, 1989
Tom Cora: cello; Catherine Jauniaux: vocal.
1990 - ???, AMI 3002 (CT)
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047 - BEETS, A COLLECTION OF JAZZ SONGS: various artists
This record features Fred Frith, Clubfoot Orchestra, Peter Fair, Sun Ra,
Rova Saxophone Quartet, Machette Ensemble Of S.F., Tom Cora, Anthony Braxton
& Gino Robair, Eric Drew Feldman, Snakefinger, B. Singer, Sonny Simmons,
Winston Tong, Big Butter.
7/ Recollection Bruise (Cora) 2:49
Butch Morris: trumpet; George Lewis: trombone; David Hofstra: tuba; Bobby
Previte: drums; Christian Marclay: record loops; Tom Cora: record loops.
1990 - Elemental/T.E.C., 90902 (CD)
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048 - IN ONE MOUTH AND OUT THE OTHER: Rebby Sharp
1/ Some Men
2/ Up Jumped Chair Legs
3/ Hard Acid Rain
4/ These Venetian Eyes
5/ Just in Time
6/ I'm So Hot
7/ Crater Creek
8/ Gimme Back My 15 Cents
9/ Goin' to the Roof
10/ Sittin' on Top of the John
11/ Let the Piper Call the Tune
12/ Hesitation Blues
13/ Tar Baskets
14/ Holding Forth
15/ He Leadeth Me
16/ Walk By the Fire
Produced and engineered by Kramer at Noise New York
Kramer: alto trombone, bass, vocals, percussion, co-arranger; Coby Batty:
UM..vocals; Tom Cora: cello, vocals, homemade indigniti, some engineering;
Fred Frith: violin, fiddle, guitar; David Licht: percussion; TIM the bird:
cockatiel sounds; Rebby Sharp: percussion, piano, mandolin, vocals, song-
writing, guitar, banjo, arranging, and cover graffics.
1990 - Shimmy-Disc, Shimmy 032 (LP/CT)
1990 - Shimmy-Disc, Shimmy 032 (CD)
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049 - VOIX DE SURFACE: Nimal
1/ Une Lucie (Rossel)
2/ In Tenda (Cora)
3/ Sale Temps, Mais Les Coleurs Sont Belles (Huguenin)
4/ Tarotska (Bibic)
5/ Le Soleil (Rossel)
6/ La Marelle (Rossel)
7/ Le 4eme Jeudi De La Semaine (Rossel)
8/ James River (Cora)
9/ Maligne (Rossel)
10/ La 2eme Jeudi (Rossel)
11/ La 3eme Jeudi (Rossel)
12/ Animal Triste (Rossel)
13/ Le Tram (Rossel)
14/ Au Zoo (Rossel)
15/ Un Drame (Rossel)
Recorded 1989 at CCAM Studio, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
except (7,8,9,15) recorded live at Festival MIMI, 1989
Momo Rossel: guitars, Hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, keyboard, bass, accordion;
Jean-Vin Huguenin: bass guitar, guitar, piano; Bratko Bibic-Faninger: voice,
accordion, glass(?) harmonica, alphorn(?); Tom Cora: cello, electric bass,
accordion; Pippin Barnett: drums & percussion.
1990 - Rec Rec (Austria), RecRec 31 (CD)
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